Just stumbled across a fasctinating mini-article on Christian understandings of the authority of the Bible. Note that “sola scriptura” is the belief that the Bible alone provides God’s words and is the final authority on Christian doctrine.

Brian McClaren is a really interesting theologian and I would recommend all Theology Thursday folks to dip into his blog… (and read his book, A New Kind of Christianity).

Thanks to those of you who came to the first Theology Thursdays today.

Please get yourselves a copy of the book.

For next week you need to have read Chapter Four on reading the Bible in a “Re-enchanted” way!

I’m setting up a reading group on Thursday lunchtimes called Theology Thursdays.

This term we’re going to look at Dave’s Tomlinson’s book called Re-Enchanting Christianity.

This is Dave Tomlinson.

We’ll be kicking off on Thursday lunchtime at 12:30 in RPE3 on the 11th November. You don’t need to read anything in advance, just come along (with some lunch) and we’ll discuss what we’re going to be doing…

If you want to get reading in advance you can get the book pretty cheaply from Amazon. Even if you don’t want to buy just yet it’s worth looking at the reviews.

Finally, I know Dave Tomlinson a bit. He lives just down the road in London and I’ve invited him to come and talk to us. If you get involved this might be a great opportunity to meet a real, active and influential writer and discuss his ideas.

Hope to see you on Thursday! Leave a comment if you think you might come – it’d be useful to know how many to expect!